Sidetracked: Kurt Wallander - Softcover

9780099535034: Sidetracked: Kurt Wallander
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Midsummer approaches, and Wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life, hopeful that his wayward daughter and his ageing father will cope without him. But his summer is ruined when a girl commits suicide before his eyes, and a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders. Wallander's hunt for the girl's identity and his furious pursuit of a killer who scalps his victims will throw him and those he loves most into mortal danger.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
"The Swedish summer-time is too beautiful and too brief for something like this to happen." A young girl commits self-immolation, a former government minister is killed with an axe and scalped; these are the two brutal facts that confront Inspector Kurt Wallander as he prepares for his holiday. As the Swedish midsummer approaches there is no escaping from the darkness of society.

Sidetracked, the fifth of Henning Mankell's acclaimed Kurt Wallander mysteries, and the second to be translated into English, is an engrossing police procedural. The hard-boiled Kurt Wallander has softened slightly since he was first introduced in Faceless Killers, the first title in the series. He drinks less, has more functional relationships and has developed a faith in his investigative team. Despite this, it is his other qualities as a character, his philosophical angst and his intuitive pursuit of hunches, which drive this novel as Wallander struggles to discover the leads that will trap the killer.

Mankell manages to squeeze in serious comments on the state of Swedish society. The over-stretched police force, child prostitution and the corruption of high politics, all come under the scrutiny of Wallander's wearied gaze as he struggles to come to terms with the new violence of his society. This is a dark novel peppered with genuinely nasty violence, but it is Wallander's struggle to uncover the truth and face his own demons that provide the real thrills. --Iain Robinson

Review:
"Mankell is one of the most ingenious crime writers around. Highly recommended" (Observer)

"Inspector Wallander has touches of Dexter's Inspector Morse about him, while remaining an original and highly likeable creation" (The Times)

"Wallander is among the very best of fictional crimebusters" (Daily Telegraph)

"Mankell is in the first division of crime writing" (The Times)

"Mankell could turn you to crime" (Daily Telegraph)

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherVintage
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 0099535033
  • ISBN 13 9780099535034
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages512
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9781400031566: Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery: 5

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9781400031566
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2003
Softcover

  • 9780099571735: Sidetracked: Kurt Wallander (Kurt Wallander, 5)

    Vintage, 2012
    Softcover

  • 9781565845077: Sidetracked: A Kurt Wallander Mystery (Kurt Wallander Mysteries (Hardcover))

    The Ne..., 1998
    Hardcover

  • 9781860467851: Sidetracked (Kurt Wallender Mystery S.)

    The Ha..., 2000
    Hardcover

  • 9780099446989: Sidetracked: Kurt Wallander

    Vintage, 2002
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Henning Mankell
Published by CCV (2008)
ISBN 10: 0099535033 ISBN 13: 9780099535034
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0099535033

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 74.17
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.37
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Henning Mankell
Published by CCV (2008)
ISBN 10: 0099535033 ISBN 13: 9780099535034
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0099535033

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 74.15
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.41
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Henning Mankell
Published by CCV (2008)
ISBN 10: 0099535033 ISBN 13: 9780099535034
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0099535033

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 74.63
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.17
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Henning Mankell
Published by CCV (2008)
ISBN 10: 0099535033 ISBN 13: 9780099535034
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0099535033

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 75.54
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.77
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Henning Mankell
Published by CCV (2008)
ISBN 10: 0099535033 ISBN 13: 9780099535034
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.84. Seller Inventory # Q-0099535033

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 78.03
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.27
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds